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Wasn’t That Special: Season 11 (1985-86)
Lorne Returns, Builds an Entirely New Cast, Then Burns it All Down The eleventh season of Saturday Night Live started entirely from scratch, save the return of the show’s original creator, Lorne Michaels. With producer Dick Ebersol and big-name cast members like Billy Crystal, Martin Short, and Christopher Guest out the door, Michaels brought in a number… Continue reading
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Political Beats: Joe Jackson
Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) with guest Mike Long. Mike is a (very) occasional writer for National Review and was one of the originals back in the early 2000s as NRO was launched. He’s the author of the non-fiction bestseller The Molecule of More and its sequel coming in fall of 2024. Click here to… Continue reading
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The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Thanksgiving at Hillsdale College
Host Scot Bertram talks with Bill Gray, chief marketing officer and vice president for marketing, about the culture of thanks at Hillsdale College, the impact Hillsdale has had on his own life, and how to include Hillsdale in your Giving Tuesday plans. To learn more about Hillsdale’s commitment to our country’s founding principles, read George Washington and Thomas Jefferson’s Thanksgiving proclamations, and watch… Continue reading
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Future of Freedom: Should the U.S. Congress Have Term Limits?
On this episode of Future of Freedom, host Scot Bertram is joined by two guests with different viewpoints regarding the need for terms limits in the U.S. House and Senate. First on the show is Nick Tomboulides, Executive Director of U.S. Term Limits. Later, we hear from Adam Carrington, Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College and author of the recent… Continue reading
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‘Wasn’t That Special’ Season Ten Bonus Material
As the Wasn’t That Special co-hosts watch each season of Saturday Night Live, they compare notes on each episode, chatting back and forth about both popular and long-forgotten sketches. Some of the topics they discuss make it to the final podcast; others are left on the cutting-room floor. But for those of you who join at the Executive… Continue reading
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The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Miranda Devine Follows Up on the “Laptop from Hell”
Guests: Matthew Mehan & Miranda Devine Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Government at Hillsdale College’s Washington, D.C. Campus, about the battle over parental rights and his article “More Schools Playing the Parental Role, But Not for the Good of Students.” Miranda Devine, columnist at the New York… Continue reading
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Steve Gruber Show, 11/15/23
I filled in on November 15, 2023, for Steve on The Steve Gruber Show. Christian Schneider: https://stevegruber.podbean.com/e/christian-schneider-the-link-tax-government-subsidized-state-media/ Joshua Crawford: https://stevegruber.podbean.com/e/josh-crawford-covid-becomes-an-excuse-for-crime-the-focus-on-comparing-2019-and-2022-rates-obscures-how-bad-policy-has-worsened-violence/ More here: https://stevegruber.podbean.com/ Continue reading
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Wasn’t That Special — Season Ten (1984-85): Billy Crystal and Martin Short Join the ‘All-Star’ Cast (Free Episode!)
In this episode, available for free to all listeners, we discuss Season Ten, the season of Saturday Night Live in which Executive Producer Dick Ebersol brought in a slew of high-priced, proven talent to give the show a boost. Those new cast members included Billy Crystal, who effectively became Eddie Murphy’s replacement in Season Nine, hosting two of… Continue reading
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Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast: Teaching A Christmas Carol
Dwight Lindley, associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, joins host Scot Bertram to offer his advice on how best to teach Charles Dickens’ masterpiece A Christmas Carol and discusses his upcoming online course covering it. Continue reading
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‘Wasn’t That Special’ Season Nine Clips Package
As always, for those who have signed up for the podcast at the Executive Producer level, we send out notable video and newspaper clips that aided us in preparing for the episode. Below are some of the Saturday Night Live sketches and media clips we reference throughout the episode, to enhance the listening process. So please help… Continue reading
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